Johnboy

Awww C-mon

Well Done Kimbo, another fantastic piece of writing today, I normally think your comments while very good are a tad long, today’s effort was succinct and on point. Well Done.

Penny for the love of God give us a day or 10 of peace and quiet from your repetitive boring bullshit, no one gives a fuck!!! particularly the majority of NZers who have the good sense NOT to live in that shithole called Auckland. It’s a fucking disgrace of a place and as such, deserves you as Mayor.

It’s late Penny, go to bed, get some sleep and tomorrow stay the fuck off the internet I beg you!

KevinH

But Breitbart News has learned that Hamid is not simply a “flight attendant,” but is also an Islamic activist who apologizes for Palestinian terrorism and promotes radical Imams.

As President of the Muslim Women of the Carolinas, Hamid has consistently promoted anti-Israel propaganda and has excused Palestinian jihadi terrorism as “resistance” against “occupation.”

“For anyone who wonders why Palestinians are resisting the apartheid, oppressive occupation of Israel, here’s one of the MANY MANY reasons,” she wrote in September 2014 on her Facebook page, following the summer war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas:

On September 3, 2014, she commented on the Jewish state: “Israel does not want peace, they want land and they want to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from that land they have lived on for generations.”

Two months earlier, she linked to a Palestinian propaganda film, writing: “For those asking why Palestinians are resisting the Israeli occupation,” again apologizing for acts of terror. “This video is a true representation of some of what I’ve seen and been through,” she claimed.

Marty Rosenbluth, the man standing next to Hamid at the Trump event, is an anti-Israel activist, a proud Communist, and a Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) supporter, according to comments made on his Facebook page. In December, he bragged about his custom-made Arabic-text “Workers of the World Unite” banner that was made while “I was working with the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions.” Rosenbluth is also a pro-bono lawyer for illegal aliens, according to an Indy Week profile from January, 2013. – See more at: http://www.libertynewsonline.com/articles/article_301_38145.php#sthash.kB4Ao8X2.dpuf

renderer

fernglas

Penny may be irritating but that is no excuse for the abuse she is getting at the moment. Despite her persistence she is someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Calling someone, male or female, a cunt has no place in a supposedly intelligent forum. If you don’t like her failure to answer questions or disagree with her self-promotion, then say so, but don’t resort to crude insults. They diminish your arguments to the benefit of hers.

HB

@Lucia Maria
Yes, I agree, the NZQA website is horrible.
Most schools give parents access to their student management system via a parent portal. They should have emailed you the log in details. The school I am employed at uses Kamar which has a parent portal and I believe is the most popular system used in NZ high schools. This gives a much clearer view of NCEA results.

I am using the student portal and looking at the NCEA results there. My problem is I’m trying to connect up what is nicely displayed from Kamar (that is what they have at my kids’ school as well) with this: 2015 Approved subjects for University Entrance, a page full of 5 number codes. The school display does not give the codes and the NZQA page does not give the titles and the number of the standard.

blazeoflight

Re Kimbo’s week off:

I have no idea about what Kimbo wrote about Penny Bright since it has been deleted.

But at a wild guess, since Kimbo, generally, is one of the more sane and restrained commenters on here, I’m guessing it’s nowhere near as bad as some of the very virulent comments posted in reply to Penny on a regular basis.

For example, did Kimbo call Penny a worthless piece of shit? Or close equivalent? A slag? etc…

One could perhaps be excused for thinking that DPF seeks to make an example of those less inclined to his way of thinking, but, given my relatively recent engagement here, I couldn’t possibly comment.

I can comment on what I have seen here: the most despicable comments on Muslims, Maori and Pacific Islanders,and gays, all driven by extreme, unjustified and unjustifiable prejudice, seemingly condoned by DPF and worse, ignored by our great moderator in chief, Susan Devoy.

So Kimbo, if you attacked and denigrated Penny personally, your bad.

It’s just a shame that moderation is not applied consistently and even handedly here, but then, the blog is aimed at a certain audience, isn’t it.

And, of course, if DPF is truly short of time to fairly administer moderation, he could always ask for volunteers to fulfull that role, much as the Guardian does (Oh, fuck, left wing rag: right wing doesn’t want moderation, does it?)

My take is that KB is aimed at adults, not children. And does not revolve around precious delicate easily offended wowsers to be appeased by a straitjacket commenting policy. It is not tea with the Queen. Comments seem to be afforded more freedom of expression and colourful language. And I fucking love it – long may it continue.

KevinH

Penny
B Logs have been around a long time, since the inception of the internet and have always been a conduit for alternative world views. More often than not the language and content has been challenging and that is why people gravitate towards these forums. B Logs are a place where you can express your views, warts and all, and you need a thick skin to deflect the often passionate replies to your comments. Long may that rule.
Your comments also fit the mould of challenging perceptions and some people find those equally offensive but that is your right to express them.
In fact I would crown you as the Queen of Slurs, your attacks on public figures push the boundaries of libel to the limit but of course that is your style.

How many Kiwibloggers would make the same defamatory or personally abusive comments if they had to put their real names to their posts?

Where there could be arguably more serious consequences then for so doing?

A lot of my posts yesterday were actually direct quotes from a number of mainstream American media, covering an arguably VERY significant USA Presidential campaign issue – controlling / regulating Wall Street and the power of the financial
institutions.

How on earth can that be fairly described as my ‘ranting’?

I also spent a considerable amount of my time defending myself against attempts to censor my comments and denigrate my good name.

Remember – this is GENERAL DEBATE on a Liberterian-hosted blog.

I look forward to more measured, reasoned and considered DEBATE, based on the issues.

With the surname Bright – I am genetically ‘hard-wired’ to have an optimistic and positive outlook.

holysheet

I repeat my comment at 12.29

For someone to debate the issues one has to answer questions when asked. This is so both sides can participate in the debate. All we ever get from her is a diatribe of posts without any substance. When asked questions to help further understand her point of view, no answers are forthcoming. Therefore it’s futile to engage with her.
Just saying in a very caring way.